Mark Saunders Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 Possibly one for Oxford Rail to produce on their much expected TSV chassis or Hornby on their current Milk Tank! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted December 30, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2021 On 28/12/2021 at 18:31, montyburns56 said: TRV Milk wagons 1986 TMV 1986 Weren’t the ends based on one of Madonna’s costumes? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 9 minutes ago, BoD said: Weren’t the ends based on one of Madonna’s costumes? Other way these came first! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 1 hour ago, BoD said: Weren’t the ends based on one of Madonna’s costumes? Well they both involve containers used for holding milk... 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted December 31, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) On 02/08/2021 at 22:01, jonhall said: I think you are looking at an Interfrigo, in the silver livery shown here but with the lower side either cleaned or repainted. Jon I like the Invacars weighted down with sandbags beneath the strops on the Conflat? Wagons. Or perhaps the sandbags were to prevent the strops from cutting/damaging the fibreglass bodies, or both. Easy to model with Oxford Diecast’s forthcoming Invacar. Cheers Darius Edited December 31, 2021 by Darius43 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) Aren't they just sacks? Sandbags would seem a bit excessive, not to mention their abrasive effect on the paintwork. Edited December 31, 2021 by jwealleans 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doilum Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Looks like a custom made cushion. Possibly a pair of the large 2cwt grain sacks stuffed with horse hair or similar. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 12 minutes ago, doilum said: Looks like a custom made cushion. Possibly a pair of the large 2cwt grain sacks stuffed with horse hair or similar. AKA 'Dunnage' BR would have used loads of this sort of stuff, and we as modellers are not always good at representing it. jon 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2021 6 hours ago, Darius43 said: I like the Invacars weighted down with sandbags beneath the strops on the Conflat? Wagons. Or perhaps the sandbags were to prevent the strops from cutting/damaging the fibreglass bodies, or both. Easy to model with Oxford Diecast’s forthcoming Invacar. Cheers Darius Just plain sacking by the looks of it. By enlarging the photo I was able to make out similar packing behind the 'cab' of the Invacar with two thin ropes securing it to the wagon, the front one going to the rear and the rear one to the front. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 22 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Just plain sacking by the looks of it That's what I thought. This is one I tried to do, using bog roll suitably coloured. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2021 Kleenex looks as if it would be better. Stained with cold tea and 'stiffened' with dilute PVA. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 2 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Just plain sacking by the looks of it. By enlarging the photo I was able to make out similar packing behind the 'cab' of the Invacar with two thin ropes securing it to the wagon, the front one going to the rear and the rear one to the front. Sacking stuffed with straw? 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2021 29 minutes ago, Fat Controller said: Sacking stuffed with straw? Possibly, or the sacking folded to create a thicker pad. More likely just sacking to prevent the ropes chafing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 paragraph 98 of this document http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/Booklet_BR20424_Issue.pdf or instruction 6 of http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/Booklet_BR20425_Issue.pdf Seem to apply Jon 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aire Head Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 14 hours ago, Darius43 said: Conflat? Wagons. They are Lowfits, likely BR produced types as they appear to have Steel sides instead of Wooden ones. There is quite a bit of lettering on the side of which some will be informing people "Not to be loaded with Containers". 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 31, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) The main identifier of a Conflat is the chain locker each side just below the rave. Edited December 31, 2021 by PhilJ W 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkie Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Awesome pictures, some very interesting wagons I would love to have a good go of modelling. Thanks for sharing 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) A wagon that tells a story: " I came with the engines to Basingstoke Railshow" " But they all went home without me" Which dates it to late 1987 I think. DS55951 Edited January 16, 2022 by eastwestdivide added number 3 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Doesn't look like anyone else found it a good home afterwards .......................... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted January 31, 2022 Share Posted January 31, 2022 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury 1985 by Jamrail 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRUNFOS Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I remember that van, it moved all around the station at times. I wonder what happened to it. Does anyone know of a 4mm model that could be used as a base model? I would love to model it and have it sat at the end of a siding. Thanks Paul. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Parkside PC61 LNER van. You'll need to remove the centre bar on the door and find a 10' wheelbase unfitted underframe, but that's what it is. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimwal Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 Being a near broadside view, looking at the proportions I would say that looks 9' wheelbase to me. 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwealleans Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 I think you may be right and that might make it a fair bit older than I thought. I've done 9' WB ones with wooden solebars by using the underframe from a Cambrian open, but you might end up assembling that one from bits and bobs. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 31/01/2022 at 19:22, montyburns56 said: Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury 1985 by Jamrail Interesting, The photo of the interior part filled with coal is lovely, shows it had a proper local use and didn't just sit around - just as Paul Grunfos suggests. It is included on Departmentals.com https://www.departmentals.com/departmental/023657 with some controversy over its original number but both agree LNER diag 15. Still exists http://www.ws.rhrp.org.uk/ws/WagonInfo.asp?Ref=11285 Paul 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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